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Iraq is important for Russia not only as an economic and trade partner, but also as a factor in influencing regional policy ... ... President Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq got most of its weapons from the United States. Ambassador of Iraq to Russia: the War against Islamic State in Iraq is Won Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has been trying to gradually rebuild its ties with Iraq on ...
... are serious issues that directly impact domestic politics and popular attitudes. Accusations of interference in the electoral systems raise questions about the legitimacy... ... extremism, the U.S., Europeans and Russia generally agree on the need to control the Islamic State. However, there has been a significant lack of coordination that has been... ... and Europeans deal with the conflict between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi option to the possibility that...
The attacks will almost inevitably lead to an escalation of war in Iraq and Syria, as well as to changes in the balance of forces in the Middle East as a whole. Although it will take time to truly ... ... mobilization, but the government also cannot avoid launching a major retribution. It might include more intensive attacks on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and a clearer and more coordinated allied strategy will certainly replace the rather haphazard ...
... Russian (and Chinese) advice to take a more conservative approach to regime change in Iraq and Libya, it is likely that much human suffering would have been avoided. It is... ... they did. Now a sadly familiar story is unfolding in Syria. Since 2011 hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed. Out of a population of 23 million, 3 million have... ... internally displaced. Western Europe is inundated with assylum-seekers. The barbaric Islamic State organization has flourished. Like the Saddam, Gaddafi, and Mubarak regimes...
... last combat sorties as part of Operation New Dawn , the final phase of the second Iraq War that began in 2003. For the first time since the start of the Desert Storm... ... peaceful sky for long. On August 8, 2014 two U.S. Navy carrier-based jet fighters struck Islamic State artillery units near Erbil, marking the start of a new war. That is not... ... contributed strong contingents are Great Britain and Australia. www.flickr.com/photos/usairforce/ US Navy B-1B "Lancer" Bomber Aircraft on a combat flight The...
... whereby the renewed Russian military doctrine is not that bad. NATO is the number one threat. Anyone surprised? 2. Shall the Islamic State survive? Undoubtedly, the Islamic State is not just a 'so-called' state. It is not just another ... ... unwilling' which is nonetheless appearing more assertive than its more 'willing' counterpart back to 2003 in Iraq. No wonder since the threat for other states in the region is formidable. On the other side, the new Iraqi government shall ...
... However, the grouping very quickly became a center of attraction for jihadists of every stripe, migrating from among the countries of the Middle East, as well as of North, West and East Africa. Currently, there are 80 thousand individuals (50 thousand in Iraq and 30 thousand in Syria) fighting under the black banner of the Islamic State [3] . According to Western media, around 3 thousand of them come from Europe, the United States and the former Soviet republics, including Russia (mostly from Chechnya), who have joined the ranks of the army of the just recently resurrected ...
... Mahmood and Mehdi Dehnavi comment The area that the Islamic state controls today in Iraq and in Syria is more than the territory of Great Britain? How does Washington's decision at the beginning of the military action in Syria coincide with the refusal of the United States to send troops to fight the Islamic State in Iraq? So far, the United States has pursued the same strategic line, that is, bombardment by aircraft and missiles of Iraqi territory, and now of Syria too. The area of air strikes is likely to expand. I would like to emphasize once again, that such air ...
The Caliphate Threat Counteracting the attempts of the Islamic State group to seize Iraq has become a test case for possible U.S.-Iranian cooperation. And this test case has, by and large, failed. The idea of a ... ... at the end of the year, Barack Obama does not want to antagonize the House of Representatives and does not need Republican accusations that he is set to send troops back to Iraq. For Iraq against Kurdistan AP, Bilal Fawzi Alexander Aksenyonok: Jihad Erupts ...
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